Flexible chain wrench



W. WESTON.`

FLEXIBLE CHAIN WRENCH. APPLLcATloN man SEPT. 9. 1920.

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e N. A -S\ QS* WILLIAM WESTON,` or LIVERPOOL; ENGLAND.

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. certain vnewf and useful lmprovementsin Flexible Chain Wrenches, of which the'foi lowing'is a specification.'

This invention has reerence-towrenches or spanners of the type in' which'nafiexible gripping member is connected to the handle bar and is passed round the pipe, rod, nut or the like so as to grip it when the lever handle -is turned.

My improved wrench comprises a handle bar, a flexible grippingniember such as a chain coupled to the end of the handle bar by a pair of spaced parallel cheeks and adapted to be passed round the pipe and between the cheeks, 'and a tooth or teeth at the end 0I" the handle adapted to engage corresponding teeth on the flexible gripping member, or apertures therein, so that the turning of thehandle bar in one direction will tighten the chain round the pipe, rod,

nut or the like suiiiciently to grip it and so enable the pipe to be'turned. Ior be held against vturning while thel turning of the handle bar in the other direction will slacken the grip. In the preferred arrangement, the` handle bar has integral with Vit'aV curved toothed segmentatthe end whoseV teethV are The flexible gripping ot' theV ratchet type.

- chain is coupled to the outer end of the cheeks and the other end is passed round the pipe and through the space orpassage between the toothed segment and the pipe, such chain being provided with teeth on its outer edge with which the toothed segment can engage. lVhen the wrench is in operation the pipe or other object rests against the outer end portion ofthe cheeks. YV.The invention willbe understood fromVv the following description reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved wrench, and

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

VThe wrench shown in these figures comprises a handle bar 1, a toothed segmentk or arc 2 formed integral withthe end of thisl handle bar, the teeth Vvof which are of the ratchet type, and a pair of spaced'cheeks or vplates y3 pivotted on the pin/t at theend ot the-said handle bar l, the toothed segment 2 being concentric with. the pin 4:, and the Application led vSeptember 9, 1320,' Serial No. 409,062,

engage 1 f speincatitn tienersPatent. 'Batnted Api; 1857119212,

cheeksy S'bing located oneat each side ofthe'V 15 i y toothed segment 2. Thefche'eks 3 are preierably curved lso that theend portiongforms when the "wrench is'i'n use a seatingftorthe pipel 5`for other object to be 'gripped'thus causing the'pipe to be spaced away :trom'th'e sol toothed'segment so as 'toleave apassage bef tween 4them.-v The chain is coupled at one endv to the outer; end of the "cheeks 3 by the,A

pin 7 andi-ts other end jis p'assedround the ypipe 5 orotheiv'object and-through the space i between the toothed segmentv 2 and the pipe. The links of this chain 6 are provided with teeth 8 on theii'outer edges with which any` of the teeth of the toothed segment 2'can type.

toothed segment 2, and the pipe caused to seat itself against the concave end-portion of the cheeks-3.A rlhe handle bar is turned on its; pivot 4; so that 'the toothedsegment In-operatiomthe chain 6 is passed round both sets'of teeth being otthenratchet 1 2 tightens the chain 6 and the'e'nd portionV 1 of the cheeks 3 round the-pipe and 'produces an effective grip-ping action, and so enables the pipe to be *turned*V bytheVV handle, or be held aga-inst'turning.l "The .turning of the handleioon'lits pivot'teiids ktov pull the pipe 1 or other obj ect towards the toothed segment,

thus keeping `V'the toothedseoment in lengagernent with the chain, so thatftherefis no danger of the rteeth-,slipping pastone anl r other accidentally. W hen the wrench is in,

usel the cheeks 3v are angularly disposed to the plane-which bisects the axis of the pivot et and the axis of the work 5. Various sizes,

of pipesv or other objects can be gripped Vvby the device,- and longer cheeks 3 can be used' whenn thefpipe to be gripped is larger than that shown in the drawing.`

Any of the teeth in the segment ,2 can engage the teeth in the chain, and this engula-r position;- 'r Y t Instead of providing a chain 6 with teeth distance of the VVlinks on the chain being lequal in such 'case to thev peripheral distance apart of thersprocltet pins or teeth and the Vables the handle tojbe turned into the most,l i

yconve-nient' position for usei that is to say in the horizontal position shown or into an Lanp engagement of the sprockets with the chain prevents slipping.

l declare that what I claim is-- l. in a flexible chain Wrench, the combination of a lever handle; a toothed segment formed at the outer end thereof; a pair of spaced cheek plates pivoted to the handle, the center about Which the segment is struck and the pivotal point of the cheek plates being coincident; a chain pivotally connected at one end between the outer ends of the cheek plates; and a series of engaging menibers carried by the chain upon its outer face adapted to coact with the teeth upon the segment When held into Contact therewith by an element to be operated upon and about which the chain is adapted to be passed.

2. In a flexible chain Wrench, the combination of a lever handle; a ratchet toothed segment formed upon the outer end thereof a pair of spaced cheek plates, said plates being curved to form at their outer ends a seat for the article to be gripped by the Wrench; a bolt passing through the inner ends of said plates and the outer portion of formed on the outer face of thechain and 1.

adapted when the chain is Wrapped about an article to engage the teeth of the segment.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name this 23 day of August 1920, i

in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. i WILLIAM WESTON,` Vitnesses A Y G. C. DYMoNn, p J. MCLAGHLAN.

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